NEW YORK (AP) — Paul Goldschmidt went through a ... and Bellinger to give the Yankees four MVPs. His beard and mustache shorn, Goldschmidt answered questions for about a half-hour.

Few people in baseball have been around Paul Goldschmidt longer than Turner Ward, who managed the first baseman in the minors and was his hitting coach at two different spots in the majors.

That sentiment was evident on Thursday during Paul Goldschmidt’s first official remarks since signing a one-year, $12.5 million contract to take on the role of the New York Yankees’ first baseman.